NIGERIAS hundreds of traditional rulers, royals and other dignitaries are battling a proposal in parliament to limit the use of traffic sirens. A bill currently working its way through the national assembly seeks to regulate the use of the siren by Nigeria’s rich and powerful to force a way through the country’s chronic traffic jams. The newspaper The Comet said on Sunday that traditional rulers, deputy state governors and junior ministers who would also be barred from using the siren had applied pressure to get the bill thrown out. – AFP
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